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  Rating:
      Explicit
  Archive Warning:
      Underage
  Category:
      F/M
  Fandom:
      InuYasha_-_A_Feudal_Fairy_Tale
  Relationship:
      Rin/Sesshoumaru_(InuYasha)
  Character:
      Rin_(InuYasha), Sesshoumaru_(InuYasha), Kagura_(InuYasha), Jaken_
      (InuYasha), Ayame_(InuYasha), Koga, Kohaku_(InuYasha), Kanna_(InuYasha),
      Naraku_(InuYasha), InuYasha_(InuYasha), Higurashi_Kagome, Kikyou_
      (InuYasha), InuTashio
  Additional Tags:
      Past_Child_Abuse, Emotional/Psychological_Abuse, Abusive_Relationships,
      Hiding_in_Plain_Sight, Teacher-Student_Relationship, Alternate_Universe_-
      High_School, Family_Secrets, Other_Additional_Tags_to_Be_Added, Attempted
      Seduction
  Stats:
      Published: 2017-02-01 Updated: 2017-05-09 Chapters: 8/? Words: 13409
****** Princess to Queen ******
by C00lKatt
Summary
     Rin is the daughter of a small business owner who wants to marry her
     off. The problem is Rin is terrified of her fiance. Enter Sesshomaru.
     Will he be able to save Rin from her horrible fate?
Notes
     Sorry it's so short
***** How to start a bad day *****
A young girl's feet fly across the forest floor, soft skin yielding unwillingly
to forest debris and winding roots. Her hands claw against grasping branches as
her lungs burn to fuel her mad dash. She hopes against all hope that she can
move fast enough. Maybe, just maybe, if she can move her feet a little bit
faster, stretch her steps a few nanometers further, push her body just a hair’s
breadth harder, she might outrun her pursuers.The damning temptation to check
how far away she is pulled at her mind as harshly as her body pulled for
oxygen. She knows from experience that a single micro instant of inattention to
the forest before her could lead to a stupid, cliche demise, but the allure of
knowing is simply too much to ignore. She spares a fleeting glance fearfully
over her shoulder and never had so quickly regretted her life choices. It
didn’t take any more than her momentary glimpse behind her to realize that the
universe had condemned her with three simple facts. They were getting closer,
she wasn’t moving fast enough, and the outlines of the shadowy faces were now
burned into the corners of her eyes. She could hear their panting breaths that
seemed to ghost across her skin, and feel the ground vibrate under pounding
feet on the forest floor behind her.
She tries to dodge around a tree to confuse them but as she turns, she is
lifted off  of her feet. "Noooooo" she screams as she struggles against her
captor. "Nice try," a harsh voice growls in her ear "but this little game
you're playing is over." Sharp claws prick her arms and tiny drops of blood
cover the grass…
Rin screamed as she jerked herself out of her terrifying dream. Sweat and tears
cover her face as she remembered her recurring dream. She shuddered as she
thought of what happened to her years ago. Before it had been a nightmare it
had been her reality. Now it was a memory she tried to forget. In fact, Rin did
not know why she was having these dreams now. She hadn’t seen the boys in that
dream for years, there was no reason to think of them now. She sighed as she
looked at her bedside clock, the blinking red light told her what she had
already knew. That it was one thirty, way too early to be up on a school day.
She sighed as she left the warmth of her bed, might as well study since she
wasn't getting any more sleep that night.
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Later that morning Rin yawned as she dragged herself out of her room. She had
already showered and put on her uniform just in case she fell asleep while
studying, no such luck. Instead, she found herself wide eyed and tired over her
breakfast.  At least I have an appetite.  she thought as she drank her orange
juice to wash down a piece of toast. Usually she woke up in the morning with no
desire to eat and in a rush to get to school. Rin loved learning she found it
fascinating to gather all the knowledge she could even if she wasn’t all that
fond of the students. Her school was the prestigious Heiwa Academy. It was
founded in hopes that if the next generation of demons and humans were forced
together while learning they be able to work together when they grew older. It
was a good idea in theory, in execution….   Well, you win some you lose some.
She thought as she walked  to school about an hour later. Her friends Jak and
Ayame met her halfway there. Jak and Ayame were part of the very short list of
people she actually liked to be around for extended periods of time. Ayame, a
kind hearted and excitable wolf demon, smiled sympathetically as Rin held back
another yawn.
"Nightmare?" she asked giving Rin a quick hug.
"Yep" Rin replied through yet another yawn.
"The same one?" asked Jak through a mouthful of his customary breakfast
doughnut. Jak is a tall boy with a passion for clothing design who is a year
above Ayame and Rin. Rin smiled tiredly at him,
"I don't even know if I've ever had another one. This one tires me out enough
as it is." Jak, felt sorry for Rin and offered her some of his coffee. Rin
smiled but refused his kind offer. She has a strong aversion all things bitter
 and Jak loves black coffee. Still, Rin is touched by the offer and showed her
appreciation by giving him a quick kiss on the cheek. The usually brazen Jak
blushed causing Ayame and Rin to laugh.
"So what's on the agenda for today?" asked Rin as they walked through the
school gates. Ayame grinned mischievously.
"We have a test in math class and there is supposed to be a new student
today."Rin groaned she hated math class. It was taught by an imp named Jaken
who was so short he couldn't reach the board and he was known for kicking
people out of class for minor offenses. He hated Rin because once while rushing
down the hall the ever clumsy Rin had tripped over him landing with his head
between her small breasts. Though she had quickly sat up and apologized in her
usually quiet way he had tried to get her suspended for attacking a teacher and
sexual harassment. The principal had taken one look at the small unassuming Rin
and torn up the referral. Jaken had hated her ever since, even more than he
usually hated humans, and treated her unfairly because of it. Rin studied hard
for his tests but always got a low grade never higher than a "C" Ayame
encouraged her to compare her test with other students and protest but Rin knew
Jaken would just lower everyone's test scores instead of raising her own. Even
if he was caught he would likely be reprimanded, blame Rin for any consequences
and find even more ways to make her life miserable. Even if he was fired that
just meant he wouldn’t have his job as a teacher to limit and restrain his
actions against her. It figured that there would be a test on a day where she
had gotten hardly any sleep, wouldn't Jaken be pleased. Rin sighed as she says
goodbye to Jak at his locker and she and Ayame rushed to class. Could this day
get any worse?
***** It Gets Worse *****
Chapter Notes
See the end of the chapter for notes
Rin learned that day that things could always be worse and you should never
ever ask that question, even in your head. First, she failed her math test
during first period, not that this was a big surprise but it was still bad. It
was not because she didn’t study, it was once again a result of Jaken's hatred.
Jaken had "accidentally" given her a Calculus test instead of the Algebra 2
test she was supposed to receive. Rin had taken one look at the complicated
problems and knew she had the wrong test, so she had raised her hand in order
to ask for a new one. Jaken had threatened to have her sent out the room for
interrupting the test and so she simply had to try her best. Jaken had also
banned the use of calculators for said test. So, yeah, guaranteed failure. When
Jaken "realized" his mistake, he still refused to give her a retake and when
she protested, he threatened to have her sent to the office for talking back to
a teacher. So she took her graded paper and hurried out of the classroom.
 As if that was not bad enough, two new girls, Kikiyo and Yura, hated her. This
is because while rushing to her next class she ran into  both of them  causing
them all to fall in an ungainly heap on the floor. Now this in itself would
have just made them shun her if two things had not happened. One, both of the
girls had been putting on makeup which had smeared when they fell causing them
to resemble demented clowns and two it happened in front two of the most
popular boys in school, Miroku and Inuyasha. To top it all off the boys had
laughed at them as they helped Rin up and Inuyasha just had to be funny, "I
guess this is why you don't cake your face with makeup Rin," he had said as he
winked at her and continued laugh disdainfully at the two girls on the floor.
Then Miroku had lifted her hand, which gripped his having stopped him from
touching her butt, and kissed it with a flourish as he and Inuyasha said a
quick "Later Rin" and walked off.
Now, Rin had barely ever seen these two and had never talked to them so their
familiarity was uncalled for and unusual. She didn’t even know how they’d known
her name! But the two girls were horrified and angry... at Rin. Never mind that
Rin had not been the one to insult them and that crashing into them had been an
accident, never mind that both of them did not need make up and that the
hallway was the worst place to apply a full face even if they had needed it.
Rin had assisted in their embarrassment in front of potential dates and then
had the nerve to be helped by said potential dates as they were laughed at. Rin
had turned to help them up and apologize but they looked so ferocious that Rin
had grabbed her things and ran barely making it to her next class.
As she sat down with a sigh, Rin realized that today had been one of the worst
days in her life and the day wasn't even half over yet. She dejectedly put her
head down on her desk. This is why she disliked people. She was still tired
from this morning and barely able to keep her eyes open. Rin decided to take a
nap during this class. Despite how much she hated sleeping in class she needed
the break.The current class was Health with Suikotsu sensei, and the review
they would go through in class was something she had already done at home, at
two in the morning, which is why she was so tired now. Rin was just about to
let her eyes drift shut when she heard the dreaded words "Today we have two new
students in our class…". Rin's head shot up ' You've got to be kidding me' …
Chapter End Notes
     Still short
***** It Gets Better... Not Really *****
Chapter Notes
See the end of the chapter for notes
"I would like everyone to welcome our new students, Kanna and Kohaku. Why don't
you to tell the class about yourselves."
Kanna spoke first. She is a small pale girl with wide white eyes and long white
hair. Kanna's face stayed blank as she glanced assessingly around the room. Her
eyes seem to stop resting for a moment on Rin's face and Rin felt a shiver
crawl down her spine.
"Hello" she starts in a breathy voice.
"My name is Kanna I am 16 and yes this is my natural hair and eye color, no I
am not blind, yes I am a demon, no I will not tell you what kind." She fingers
her long hair, which is pulled back with a small hair band. The introduction is
short and sweet, you can see the class itching to ask questions but Suikotsu
gives the class one of his scary looks and they calm down. The class's gaze
shifts to the new boy. He shuffles his feet nervously.
"Well I'm Kohaku also 16. My sister and I transferred to be closer to home and
I'm good with many kinds of weapons." He seemed satisfied with his speech and
finally smiled at the class. With that smile, most of the girls in the class
fell for him and those who already had boyfriends started making plans to be
single by next period. It seemed that the boys in the class didn't know whether
to like him or hate him. One the one hand, he's good with weapons and could
probably tell some great stories on the other hand, he just felled a roomful of
girls with a smile and some of them had girlfriends. Then there was Kanna. Guys
thought she was cute in a creepy way while girls hated her for her long flowing
white hair. As for Rin, she noticed Kohaku was cute but did not fall head over
heels, Kanna was kind of creepy but she seemed interesting. However, as she was
thinking of this a great idea for a story came up and she took out her journal
and began to write. One girl bravely raised her hand, “So, Kohaku are you
single?” The teacher glared at her but Kohaku laughed (You could now see the
hearts in the girls’ eyes)
 “Yes, I am.” he  said with a wink that made the girls in the class squeal as
the boys groaned. The teacher glared at the girl who had asked the question,
making sure that she was cringing in her seat and mentally deciding to give her
extra homework before he began to move on.
"Now as for your seats" he glanced around the room. He saw the hungry gaze's of
his students as he glanced around the room. Anywhere he seated the two it
seemed there would be a riot from the surrounding students. Then he noticed Rin
in back of the room and noticed that at the moment she was more interested in
writing a in her journal than planning the capture of a cute boy or the demise
of a pretty girl.
"You two will sit there." He declared with a smile pointing to the empty seats
next to Rin. As the two went to their seats he began to teach.
"Hello?"
Rin finally glanced up from her journal, slightly annoyed at the interruption,
only to come face to face with the cute new boy. She blushed lightly; his face
was a little too close for comfort. Leaning back a bit in her seat she finally
replied.
"Umm, Hi?" Rin was a little confused as to why the new boy was talking to her
and leaning so close. Besides, she really wanted to get back to writing before
she forgot what she was going to write, creative juices only flow for so long.
"I'm Kohaku, I'm new here and I wanted to ask your name. It's not often someone
gets to sit next to such a pretty girl after all." Kohaku smiled charmingly in
a manner he knew made girls swoon. Rin was not affected, in fact she simply
muttered under her breath about boys who thought too much of their charm.
Finally, Rin had had enough; she gently pushed him back before replying.
"I'm Rin, Kohaku, and I value personal space. The teacher probably sat you next
to me because I won't fall for your smile and flirtations. In fact, I don't
like boys who try to make girls fall in love with them just because they can or
they think it's a challenge. I know you act innocent cause girls think it's
cute but I already know what you are and how your kind think." Rin was now
bored with the conversation, her mind was already drifting back to her story.
Kohaku looked at her innocently but a glint in his eye was a sign that he was
enjoying the conversation.
"And what exactly is my kind Rin?" He tried to look honestly curious. Rin
answered without hesitation.
"You are a player and very proud of it." She said watching for his reaction.
"What makes you say that?" It was a challenge for him not to smirk. He didn't
want to alert the girls watching that he wasn't as innocent as he seemed.
"Call it a talent, I always seem to know about people's true self.” It was part
of the reason she disliked people, great defense mechanism, terrible for making
friends.
 “Now may I go back to my writing?" Rin resumed writing without waiting for an
answer. Kohaku was stunned but interested, how long would the girl last against
his charms? So, as he sat back  he plotted till the end of class. After all, it
would be the first time he caught a girl who knew full well what he was, this
would be exciting.
After class, Rin hurried out into the hall eager to get to English her favorite
class of the day and just as eager to get away from Kohaku. She wasn’t lying
when she said she knew Kohaku’s kind. Rin knew she had presented a challenge to
the boy, a fun conquest and she was so not interested in being a target. Both
to his schemes and the many girls who would hate her for the attention he paid
to her.
Rin had just gotten to class and set down her things when she heard her name
being called on the speaker asking her to report to the principal's office. Rin
wondered what could go wrong now?
Chapter End Notes
     Several short chapters works.
***** Annnnnd Even Worse *****
Chapter Summary
     Finally Sesshomaru
Rin trudged slowly to the principal's office dreading what she would find
there. She dragged her feet took detours and put it off for as long as she
could but eventually she stood outside the door of the principal's office. And
she knocked softly on the door.
"Come in." said a deep monotone voice that caused Rin to shiver then straighten
her spine as she walked into the room.
"You called for me sir?"
"Yes, nearly ten minutes ago. If you had responded promptly we could have
skipped your least favorite class, as it is you will have to explain it to your
teacher tomorrow." Rin found herself meeting the golden eyes of the tallest and
most beautiful man she had ever seen. His hair was long and almost white but he
looked young he couldn't be more than twenty-two,unless he was a demon, his
stance was passive but as Rin studied his eyes he seemed impatient almost as if
he was waiting for something…  oh right I need to reply.
"Hai" She replied slightly dazzled by his beauty and wondering what this was
all about.
"Now as I understand this is yours?" He his voice implied that he was asking
but his movements were sure and face was blank as he held Rin's math exam out
to her. "Yes" Rin replied confused as to why it mattered.
"Hn," the man glanced at some papers in his hands.
"This is a calculus test and you are in algebra 2."
"Hai," Rin was starting to get annoyed with all of these pointless questions.
Sesshoumaru handed her the newly corrected paper. Rin's eyes widened as she
looked at the new grade, a 90%! Her brown eyes widened and the look of
confusion on her face almost made Sesshoumaru smirk but her next question wiped
the thought from his mind.
"You didn't show this to Jaken did you? Ohh, he'll hate me even more now!
Please, don't show it to him, I don't want any more trouble forget that you saw
this please!" She tried to rip the offending paper to bits. Sesshoumaru
snatched the paper from her trembling hands. Though his face remained cold he
was stunned that the girl wasn't happy with this turn of events. It was no
secret that her teacher, Mr. Jaken, hated Rin with a passion and did everything
he could to make her life miserable but what could he have done to cause this
reaction?
"Calm yourself  Rrrin,  what has been done to you to cause this kind of
reaction to a mere change in test score?" The young girl stiffened and all
trace of panic was carefully wiped from her face. Her mask rivaled his own in
blankness but he could smell that she was on the verge of tears. Sesshomaru
found himself impressed, it was rare that a human could copy his blank mask
quite so well, especially such a young girl, they were after all such emotional
creatures.
"Nothing sir, I am sorry for my overreaction, it was indecent of me to behave
that way." Her head was down and her voice quiet and monotone. Sesshomaru
didn't believe her for a second. But was now intrigued this girl seemed to get
more interesting by the second. She could blank herself so well that if it
hadn’t been for her previous panic and her faint scent of tears he might have
believed her.
"Hn. You look pale gather your things and remain in the infirmary for the rest
of the day." Rin's mask shattered her eyes widened in fear and she began to
tremble again.
"N-n-n-no! I am fine, really!"
Sesshoumaru allowed one eyebrow to raise but he didn't ask any questions. He
found that he liked that he could shatter her mask so easily but wanted to
growl at the note of fear in her tone.
"You are barely standing go straight there, another student will bring you your
things, do not argue with this Sesshoumaru  Rrrin.  Go." He turned from her
indicating that the conversation was over. He heard the door open,
"And Rin if I find you're not there in ten minutes I shall be forced to suspend
you." When he heard the door's quiet click, he finally let himself relax enough
to sigh. Something was bothering his cute… that student and he needed to find
out what. What better way to do that than to watch her while she was in the
infirmary, for research purposes of course. It wouldn’t be stalking, it would
be… guarding, yes guarding. Something had terrified his….  that  student and he
needed to find out why… for the sake of the school of course.
That arrogant teacher doesn't even know that he's sending me to my doom… I
guess no one knows but still why do I have to I have to go  there.
Rin thought of the reason for her fear and shivered as each of her slow
trembling steps led her closer and closer to her nightmare, and the true reason
why Jaken bullies her.
-Flashback-
There is no official nurse for the school so when Rin and Jaken were both
injured during the fall Jaken was the teacher on duty so they had to take care
of themselves. Rin turned away from Jaken as she opened her blouse to assess
the damage. She found a small wound bleeding slightly and winced reaching for
an alcohol wipe and a band-aid. However when she looked up she found Jaken
staring at her with a lewd look on his face. "For a human you're not so bad."
He shifted slightly trying to look up her skirt. Frightened Rin kicked Jaken in
the face and ran to the girls bathroom where she locked herself in a stall till
she stopped shivering and could fix her uniform. Rin would never forget the
next day when she found herself trapped by Jaken once again. His glare had said
it all he would take his time but at the right moment he would take his
revenge. His chuckle as he walked away from her caused a cold shiver to crawl
down her spine.
-Flashback End-
Undoubtedly he was hoping the stress of his class would either make her give in
or send her to the infirmary where he could trap her once again. Rin shook her
head as the door to the infirmary came in sight. Off duty teachers served as
nurses there was no reason to think that Jaken would be there. Rin shook off
her fear as she yanked the infirmary door open and looked around No sign of
Jaken. Rin sighed in relief and made her way to a bed and collapsed on top of
it instantly asleep. Rin was so deeply asleep that she didn't hear the squeak
of the door as it reopened or the pad of footsteps making their way towards her
bed.
***** Is Worser a Word? *****
I must be dreaming Rin thought as she glanced around the beautiful house.
"Mother!" Rin heard a cute voice call out and she turned to see an adorable
little child running towards her with their arms outstretched. She picked her
up as if it was the most natural thing in the world and turned to walk further
into the house. Rin stopped short at the sight of Sesshoumaru. He Came towards
her and laid a gentle kiss on both of their foreheads. He looked like he had
something important to tell her and he opened his mouth but instead of a voice
came the sound of shattering glass.
Rin awoke with a start. She was lying in a bed, which was in the infirmary,
which was still at school. None of the explained the sound in her dream, or why
Sesshomaru featured. Was the child his? What had he wanted to tell her? Most
importantly why was she dreaming of kids at sixteen? Rin was still trying to
orient herself when the shattering of more glass was followed by a thud and a
groan. She peeked around the curtains surrounding the bed just in time to see
Kohaku flip away from another of Sesshomaru's attacks. Sesshoumaru looked…
different his strips jagged his hair seemed to float and his teeth poked his
bottom lip. But those weren't the changes that made Rin freeze in terror. It
was the sight of Sesshomaru's eyes that made Rin freeze in fear stuck in her
remembered traumas. Her nightmare memories.
The flash of those red eyes, a chuckle, a vicious growl as she ran and ran but
it was never fast enough, never enough to get away and as she looked back again
she tripped. Then they were on her biting nipping growling howling always
oblivious to her cries to her pleas for mercy. They wanted her to get up and
run again wanted to continue the chase. She heard another laugh as she stared
up at the one who at this moment controlled her fate dreading what she would
hear. "Have fun boys we have her for another month no one will even know." Then
came that horrible laugh the one that would forever haunt her dreams as she
continued her cries. She forced her body up. The laugh got louder “Run Little
Red, Run”  He called her Little Red Rin sometimes because she was often covered
in her own blood. She knew better than to fight back all she could do was run.
Sesshoumaru had come in to check on Rin as he had decided he would. Before he
even stepped in the room he knew she was asleep he could smell that she was
relaxed and hear her deep even breathing. He was tempted to walk past the room
but something urged him to go inside and check on her himself. There was no
logical reason for this feeling, he couldn't smell anyone and heard nothing
from the room but still he could not help but to open the door to go in and
check on her. It was then that he saw a human attempting to prop her up so that
he could slip the item in his hand around her neck. After that Sesshomaru's
eyes bleed red and he felt himself change as he growled in anger and leapt at
the person. After his loss of control Sesshomaru didn't stop attacking the boy,
he couldn't not until the boy lay dead at his feet. At least that's what he was
thinking until he heard something or rather someone whimpering and he heard a
soft voice whispering the words "Stop, Please Stop" again and again as if the
person was too distraught to say anything more than that. It, the sound of the
voice, he recognized it. His rage frenzied mind was barely able to place the
sound but finally he was able to think or at least able to tell whose voice he
was hearing.  Rin  something or someone was scaring his Rin and he needed to
find it and kill it to give his mate the peace of mind and comfort she
deserved. Rin continued to whimper she was curled on the bed curled up as if
she was being attacked. Her fear was obviously mental and this instantly calmed
him, his mate needed him and couldn't comfort her while in a rage. While
Sesshoumaru was distracted Kohaku slipped out of the room with a curse
promising himself and Rin that he wouldn't fail next time. Moments later when
security burst into the room, with teachers and students hot on their tails,
rushed into the room all that they found was a destroyed room as the only
evidence that anyone had been there.
When Rin next awoke she found herself looking into the worried eyes of her
father as he sat in a chair by her bed. She blinked as she tried to remember
how she had gotten home and failed. She opened her mouth to ask her father and
all that came out was a dry croak. Her father quickly brought her glass of
water which she slowly gulped down as her father began to talk. "Rin, your
teacher brought you home he said you got sick and fainted again." He wrung his
hands and cleared his throat. "Rin, Honey this incident has made me realize
that I won't be around forever and when I am gone I want you to be well taken
care of and well… " he took a deep breath as if to fortify himself "I have
accepted the Okami's proposal and you are now engaged to be married to his son
Koga, you remember he was your childhood friend. Now the… " Rin heard nothing
else after that as her world spun and her father's voice echoed as she slipped
into another faint. Her last thoughts being  Somebody hates me up there.
Sesshoumaru was at his home and reflecting on the events of the afternoon. He
lounged on his large sofa wishing a certain young lady was lounging with him
perhaps even snuggled warmly in his mokomoko where he could keep her safe from
her fears and kill whatever dared to threaten her. His Demon was stunned for a
while quietly thinking before he decided to finally speak.
I'm surprised you are so calm about this.
And why wouldn't this Sesshoumaru be calm Demon.
We have just found our mate……..  in a human…
And we will claim that mate when this Sesshoumaru chooses, this Sesshoumaru
will not lose control again Demon. Do not interfere. This Sesshoumaru will not
be made a fool of again.
That child needed to die he threatened our mate and that is all that matters.
He will need to be destroyed and we will destroy him Sesshoumaru. As for your
dignity and pride do not take too long to choose to face this challenge or I
will choose the time and place for you, fool or not.
Do not threaten this Sesshomaru Demon I control you not the other way around.
This Sesshoumaru will destroy the ones who dare to harm his mate but it will be
before he claims her she needs to know that this Sesshoumaru can protect her
and that he will keep her safe.
Sesshoumaru's demon seemed pleased he like the fact that Sesshoumaru would show
Rin that her soon to be alpha could provide for her and would care for her but
he had one last question.
Sesshoumaru we crave our mate what about our urge , what if we can't hold back?
This Sesshoumaru is not so weak as to rape a young student.
And he refused to say anything else to his demon and instead fell asleep and
dreamed of his young mate. His Demon would have to be satisfied with the simple
fact that Sesshoumaru accepted their young human mate.
Rin awoke the next morning refreshed. She was convinced that the previous night
had to be a dream and that because yesterday was so horrible today had to be
better. She hurried to shower and dress in her school uniform a short red skirt
and a white shirt. She grabbed her bag and headed to the door without
breakfast. She touched the knob and felt the irrational need to turn around and
run back to her room to fake being sick. Rin shook off the instinct and turned
the knob. She regretted I as soon as she opened the door.
The look on her face was priceless. Her fear was a tantalizingly thick blanket
in the air and he licked his lips and smirked. This would be even more fun than
he thought. "Hello Princess, aren't you happy to see me? It's been so long
since we last,  played  together … don't you think. My boys missed you didn't
you boys." He gave a sharp whistle and around four wolves and two wolf demons
climbed from the large van behind him. Rin began to whimper and the sound was
music to his ears. "Come now is that any way to act towards your fiancée? "His
voice switched to a low growl. "I thought I trained you better than that. Maybe
a little retraining is necessary. You seem to have forgotten who is your
Alpha." He said as he slowly raised his hand in preparation for the snap that
was his signal for his packmates to attack. Rin saw this and way instantly on
her knees at his feet her head lowered in a bow. "Master Koga." She said in a
low voice. Koga grunted in approval and knelt in order to place a finger
beneath her chin and lift her eyes to meet his. Her large brown eyes were
blank, vacant as if his mere presence sucked the life out her body and left
only a shell in it's place. This was how Koga loved to see his little Rin
beautifully submissive to him and only him. He gently stroked her cheek in the
imitation of a loving caress as he rumbled "Good girl, Princess." And Koga
pulled her up and pushed her towards the car. "See how easy this can be if you
just obey me, baby. You know that I don't want to hurt you but if you defy me
I'm forced to put you in your place." He smirked as he and his followers got in
the car after her. And they drove off to the school.
Something was wrong with Rin. Jak noticed instantly that his usually bright
perky Angel wasn't happy and it probably had to do with those strange boys
surrounding her possessively. Jak didn't like that at all and he instantly
decided to do something about it. It was not because he was interested in Rin
that way. Though he was bi he would never risk the relationship with Rin. Still
till she found a boy or girl who caught her eye and swept her off her feet Rin
was his, his and Ayame’s. His friend his Angel, his sweet and innocent girl.
And that fool apparently hadn’t swept her off her feet which meant he was
touching what wasn’t his and Jak was… possessive. He walked calmly up to the
boys as if he didn't have a care in the world and said in a clear non
threatening voice. "Hello boys I see you are acquainted with little Rin here."
Rin didn't look up and Koga smirked at the lanky weak looking boy. "You could
say that what's it got to do with you?"
Jak smirked in a way that sent chills down Koga's spine and he instantly and
visibly shifted in preparation for a fight.
"Well, you see Rin here is my friend and sshe doesssn't sssseem very happy with
you. Ssso I sssuggesst you back off." Jak had not raised his voice but his eyes
had begun to glow his teeth elongated and his voice had changed until it was
purely demonic. Koga took a defensive stance. "A snake demon huh pathetic we
can easily take you on six to one." He smirked "And you wouldn't want to hurt
little Rin here would you?" and he quickly reached behind himself to grab…
nothing but air. Jak smirked, "I was hoping you'd sssay that." Koga glanced at
him to see that as Koga was taunting him Jak had transformed halfway so that he
was now a Naga(or Lamia if you prefer)and with his tail had grabbed Rin… and
the rest of Koga’s entourage. While Rin was held safely in Jak's arms still
looking to Koga's satisfaction like a beautiful doll, hisbeautiful doll, the
rest of his group was having the life slowly and sadistically squeezed out of
them. Jak continued an amused glint in his eyes.
"But I think it's only  two to one ." Koga was confused until he saw the second
person. A silent Sesshomaru stood behind Jak calmly staring at Koga as a
predator looks at prey. Koga swallowed.
"But you're a teacher, you can't fight with students." Koga was proud of his
reasoning until both demons laughed cruelly sending shivers up his spine.
"You still haven't realized it yet look around Koga." Said Jak. Koga cautiously
looked around him and what he saw shocked him. Everyone was paralyzed no one
was even moving. Koga was shocked, confused and absolutely terrified.
"Powerful snake demons have the power to paralyze those around them all except
for powerful demons." Sesshomaru smirked and then he attacked. Koga's screams
were all that could be heard.
Some hours later Jak bit Koga and all of his entourage as Sesshoumaru tenderly
held Rin.
Jak then spoke to the barely conscious Koga
"Any pain Rin feels by your hand you will feel as well." He spoke seriously no
hint of a smile on his face, "And if you tell Rin about any of this I will kill
all of you next time, slowly." Koga groaned in response and fell unconscious.
Jak kicked him one more time and then he and Sesshomaru walked away and letting
everything unfreeze.
Rin had shut herself down in order to deal with Koga it was her coping method.
She came to herself as someone crooned to her and softly rocking her gently
back and forth. Koga had to be gone for her to come back this way. She blinked
and looked up to see Jak.
"Oh, thank goodness I was worried about you." He continued to rock her gently.
Rin however had not recovered from the stress caused by Koga her body couldn't
take it and so she fainted.
When she next awoke it was to a rumbling purr in her ear. She cuddled deeper
into soft fur she was laying on, until it moved.
 
Rin tried to pull away from the warm comfy moving pillow but something held her
down. Rin was about to panic when she heard a familiar voice. "You're safe
Rrrin calm yourself I will not allow anyone to hurt you." For some reason Rin
was reassured and relaxed into the fluff. That is until she remembered Koga and
tried to ask where he was only to find that her voice refused to work. So
instead she tried again to sit up. This had happened before and she had learned
sign language to cope. The being under her sighed. "He is gone for now Rrrin
you should rest sleep you've had a hard day." Rin was so warm and surrounded by
softness that she could barely think a nap sounded delightful but she still
needed to know where she was. So she tried again this time simply turning her
head as she shifted her body till her hands were free to sign.  Where are we?
She asked.  Where is Koga? What happened?
 
Sesshomaru had been comfortable watching his mate sleep off her stress. He had
taken her to the infirmary. A curtain was pulled to ensure their privacy. A sub
was taking over his classes that day and he would have taken her home but she
might have been more stressed if she woke up in an unfamiliar place. Or so Jak
had informed him when he had handed Rin to Sesshomaru so he could go wash the
wolf taste out of his mouth and show up to his classes that day. He would
return later to check on Rin. Sesshomaru had laid Rin gently down on the
infirmary bed but he hadn't liked the way the scent of that wolf clung to her
so he had slipped his momoko around her and sat with her in his lap on the bed
purring at the feel of her warm body safe against his own. It had been peaceful
for a few periods now and it was almost time for lunch which was when Jak would
return. It frustrated Sesshomaru that his mate wouldn't listen and sleep some
more but anything was better than her being the doll she had been before. A
broken doll and he had feared she wouldn't come back to him. Still she was at
least moving and apparently trying to ask him something. He wondered why she
simply didn't speak, so he let her sit up. Still she persisted in using sign
language. Sesshomaru was surprised and a little worried but answered her
questions so he could calm the worry he saw on her face. "We are in the
infirmary Rin." He loved the way her name rolled off his tongue, " The wolf you
came with is.... busy. You fainted and Jak brought you to the infirmary I am
the teacher on duty." Not really lying this morning he had been the teacher on
duty since he didn't have a class in the mornings. He couldn't tell it all
since Jak had asked him not to. Rin apparently thought he was human and Jak had
not denied it because she had a phobia of snakes something about a documentary
and her hair. Undoubtedly the wolf was to blame. Just the thought of it made
Sesshomaru want to tear the wolf apart, but modern day society tended to frown
upon such actions….. he would have to disintegrate the bodies. However, that
was later for now he had a mate to care for, a mate who wasn’t speaking.
Sesshomaru frowned why wasn’t his mate speaking to him? “Rrrin, why do you not
speak?” Sesshomaru looked down at his little mate once again puzzled.
Rin sighed she knew that explaining her childhood would take too long to
explain and that it was likely that he wouldn’t believe her. No one had
believed her as a child not even her own father, and Koga had punished her for
speaking of it. Which was probably why she was mute now. She simply signed that
it was a side affect of her stress and that she would be fine in a few days.
Rin didn’t see Sesshomaru frown at this explanation and so thought that he
believed her. She then asked if she could go to class.
 “No Rrrin, I have something to talk to you about. But first who is that wolf
to you.” Rin thought about how to answer his question and what they could
possibly have to talk about.   He is my fiance.  She was puzzled as she felt
Sesshomaru growl. Felt?  Rin looked down and finally noticed that she was
sitting in Sesshomaru’s lap. Rin turned almost completely red as she sprang off
of his lap, Sesshomaru had let her go so that she wouldn’t fall back off of the
bed, and she scrambled away from him. Correction, she tried to scramble away
from him. but the white fluffy thing on his shoulder held her captive by the
bed. Rin frantically signed that Koga didn’t like the smell of other guys on
her and that whatever they had to talk about they could talk about without him
holding her.
His response was a growl that instinctively made her freeze. His white fluff
pulled her closer as he growled in her ear, “Cancel it, break off the
engagement.” If Rin had not been so scared she would have laughed bitterly…
having a voice would have helped as well. Did he really think she wanted to be
engaged to that abusive walking nightmare that she wouldn’t have broken the
engagement if she had any way out? Things simply weren’t that easy and she told
him so despite her fear. Sesshoumaru’s response was to growl louder
“Then find a way to make it easy, I will not have my mate belonging to some
weakling flea bitten mutt.” Your mate? Since when? Rin was sick of all of this
drama all of this pain and all of these overly dominate piss for brains mutts
trying to control her.
I’m not five I’m sixteen and I am sick of all of these dogs sniffing around my
skirt and trying to hump my leg. I am not a thing to be traded off at will I am
a human being and I will thank all of you misogynist pigs to remember that.
Kami between you, my dad, Koga and Kohaku I’m going to go on some insane
killing spree. And don’t even mention Miroku and Inuyasha. I will find a way to
end this engagement but if and when I do it will not be to become someone
else’s possession, it will be so I can finally be my own person again. So mate
or not back off.   Rin’s hands flew as she continued her rant on all men
(except Jak) Going into detail about how she was going to get rid of all of
them then bury them in her flower garden. Thenice thing about sign language was
that there was no need to stop and take a breath. Sesshomaru watched this
stunned. He had not known that his mate had such a sadistic streak in her. It
amused him and quite honestly seeing her so vicious attracted further him.
Before he knew it, he was chuckling before full on laughing, much to Rin’s
chargen.
“You my little mate are wonderfully vindictive. I agree you should be your own
woman but surely you will allow this Sesshomaru to court you. This Sesshomaru
will be unable to let you go otherwise.” He smirked and pulled her a little
closer. “Who knows you may even find this Sesshomaru a help to your plans for
revenge.”
Rin blushed as she thought of her rant and opened her mouth to answer,
forgetting that she had no voice, when the door flew open and Sesshomaru
quickly let go of her just before the curtain parted and Rin found herself in
the arms of Jak. “Angel are you ok? I was so worried. Did that big bad wolfie
do anything to hurt you?” Rin smiled as her friend continued to squeeze her.
“Don’t ever scare me like that again…. Angel? Angel why aren’t you talking?”
 Rin told him the same thing she’d told Sesshomaru. Jak shared a look with
Sesshomaru that said bull crap and patted Rin gently on the head. “So this is
why you made me take those sign language classes.” Rin blushed harder and
Sesshoumaru raised an eyebrow.
Jak grinned “She insisted that Ayame and I take sign language classes with her
during the summer, I thought it was weird that she already knew everything.”
The bell rang Jak ignored it “Mr. Taisho would you mind taking Rin home she
lives nearby but I need to stay after school for something.”  Sesshomaru nodded
and picked Rin up and she struggled insisting that she could walk. Jak and
Sesshomaru ignored her struggling. “Bye bye Rinny see you next week.” Rin’s
eyes widened it was only Tuesday. She glared at Jak and mentally added him to
her list of men she would like to wallop. Jak’s laugh followed them down the
hall.
***** I'm a What? With Who? *****
Chapter Summary
     Things start to get steamy
Rin was in full on pout mode as Sesshomaru drove her the short way home.
Sesshomaru glanced at her while driving and chuckled. Rin’s pout turned into a
scowl and she glared briefly at him before turning to look out the window
again, pout firmly back on her face.
“You cannot blame us for being cautious.”
Rin looked over at him with a look that clearly said she could and she would
blame them for and would blame them for as long as she deemed necessary. Her
hands began to move.
 
You threw me over your shoulder and walked me through the school. I have never
been so embarrassed in my life. Then you couldn’t stop there oh no. When Kohaku
asked what the hell you were doing you had to freaking growl at him. GROWL! And
when did I agree to be yours? That’s not a deterrent to him that’s an
encouragement. Not only will I never live this down now I’m going to be stalked
and Koga i going to kill me before I can break this freaking engagement! And
watch the freaking road.
 
Sesshomaru suppressed his laughter but Rin could hear the amusement in his
voice and it only annoyed her more. Rin sighed,  Whatever it’s not like I can
do anything about it now.
Just take me home mister psycho fluff.
Sesshomaru could not understand why he was amused at the girl insulting him and
when he racked his mind for an answer he simply got the vague feeling that he
wanted to smile at her being reduced to petty name calling. She must be
absolutely  furious and he couldn’t wait till she realized that he wasn’t
taking her home. Her was too dangerous and the wolf might plan to visit.
besides that he didn’t want to be away from her and was not in the habit of
denying himself what he wanted. As a side benefit having her around made his
beast content.  Even he recognized that our mate was amusing. We do love a
little fire in our woman, another reason she could never go back to that
mongrel wolf. How dare he break was rightfully Sesshoumaru’s. The thought
nearly made him growl as he pulled up to his home. Still, he chuckled to
himself as he got out of the car, psycho fluff? His mate had a clever tongue,
which made his beast bring up images of testing to see just how clever her ton-
NO NO NO BAD DEMON
I thought you weren’t in the habit of deny denying yourself what you want
Stupid mind reading intrusive-
Still here and you know Im right but if you don’t like that image she’s not the
only one with a clever-
Sesshomaru hastily slammed the beast back in his cage. He was not going to
traumatized the sweet hot traumatized girl. He was better than that he was
stronger than that he was going to keep his hands to himself today. Sesshoumaru
helped Rin out of the car as she gave him a questioning look. Sesshomaru picked
her up again and grabbed her bag, reasoning that if she was too traumatized to
talk than it wasn’t safe for her to walk either, before paying attention to
what she was signing to him.
Put me down I’m mute not crippled. Besides this is not my house where do you
think you’re taking me? Psycho fluff this is not funny take me home you
kidnapper!
Sesshomaru growled at that. He was not a kidnapper he was trying to keep her
safe from those who would hurt her who already had  hurt her ! Why didn’t she
understand that. sure her self righteous rant was cute but no one, he would let
no one mistake what he was doing for her as an intent to harm. His internal
rant stopped and his before unnoticed growling ceased when he realized that Rin
was a dead weight in his arms she had stopped. Stopped moving, stopped
struggling, had almost stopped breathing. Sesshomaru adjusted her in his arms
to look into her eyes. They were dull, blank, almost dead looking in their
vacancy. It was as she’d been when she had arrived at the school that morning.
Only so much worse because this time she had been reduced to this by him.
 
Rin couldn’t help it. She was vaguely ashamed of herself but the reaction was
habit almost unconscious, instinctive. Growling makes her grow limp and vacant.
Growling means pain growling means fear growling means monsters and struggling
only gets them excited. Growling made her remember…
[Flashback]
It was the tenth time that they had “played tag” that week and Rin’s  young
nerves were shot. Koga had renamed the game “prey” it meant that it was like
tag but reverse. Guess who was always it. Her body was a bundle of pain and
weariness and her legs were starting to go numb but every time she slowed down,
the pants of excitement changed to vicious growling. Rin heard teeth snap at
her heels and the occasional howl only made her more fearful till finally she
tripped on a root and fell hitting her head and knocking herself out.
When Rin next awoke it was to the sight of blood. it covered the grass in front
of her and startled her enough to shoot upright and check herself over for the
source. But it wasn’t her.
“Oh Rin you’re awake It’s no fun playing lifeless prey and the guys were
restless so I had to find them a substitute.” Koga gestured towards a place
where she now realized that she could hear something. It was like a wet tearing
and ripping sound and, as though against her will Rin turn towards the sound
not wanting to see but needing to know what it was. The wolves were tearing
viciously at the remains rabbit as the human looking ones  morbidly played some
game with it’s ears. As Rin turned to vomit she caught sight of something a
little away from the body it was mangled and bloody but she rushed to pick it
up. It jingled as she lifted and the wolves growled because she wa too close to
their meal. She couldn’t hear them as she  stared grief stricken and shocked as
stared at the name tag of her only friend.
“ Buddy ” Rin whispered is sadness. How could they be so cruel? The wolves had
begun to nip at her but she didn’t, couldn’t move. Koga was speaking but he
could barely hear him. Her mind was in a fog and she vaguely heard him say
“You should have seen him run. It helped the boys to have a little fun while
you took a nap and I must say I am grateful you brought that little snack here
he was delicious.” She slowly looked up at Koga’s face and froze at the blood
that covered his lips as a rabbit foot hung from his teeth. That’s when she
shattered. Rin drew her mind far away leaving her body to take the abuse as her
mind tried to pick up the pieces of her pyschy. Yet she still heard Koga grow
quiet heard the wolves stop growling heard Koga step forward and whisper
“Beautiful” He got closer “Yes, this is how I want you gorgeous and still
pliant to my every order, like a little doll my little doll, my princess this
is how you should be. Come along and get cleaned up Princess.”
[Flashback end]
Rin shuddered as she came back to the present remembering her promise to
herself remembering her promise to be strong.For the first time she struggled,
struggled not to lose herself, struggled against all her younger years had
taught her was a correct response to dominance, struggled to defeat her
childhood monsters. It helped that the growling stopped as she came back to
herself. Rin blinked looking down at herself and then beaming at Sesshomaru.
“I did it! I might need more practice and a little rest but I did it I can do
it I really can!”
Somehow as she looked into his eyes smiling in relief down at her in his arms
she knew that he really did understand as she hugged him in joy. Sesshomaru
smiled and nuzzled her neck taking in his mate’s scent in order to relax.
“Hn”
Sesshomaru gently carried his happy mate inside as he fought his urge to take
her to his room and do a thorough check to make sure she was actually ok. His
beast was desperate to touch her all over to make sure there was no lasting
harm, to lock her away in his room with him till he banished that look in her
eye forever, to do all he could physically to comfort  both her and himself and
by the time he actually got her inside he was on the verge of giving in.
I need to keep her trust I will not be another failure for her Demon. We need
to do this right.
We need to do this now! She is so close and smells so enticing. Mmmate. I want
her, you  want her I see not a single problem with taking her, she already
knows our strength. We can be strong reliable providers for her and our pups.
She would be happy.
Humans are not so simple, she needs choice she needs, time she needs-
She needs us and we need her. We shall take our mate Sesshomaru.
Sesshomaru chose to ignore his demon after that and instead concentrating on
setting her gently on his couch. Still even he could not hold back from giving
her neck a small nip of affection which made her squeal and glare at him.
Rin immediately got up from the couch and went to go get something to drink.
She felt more than heard Sesshomaru follow behind her as she searched the
rooms. She chose to ignore the nip from earlier dismissing it as a stupid
psycho fluff dog thing. Rin knew Sesshomaru wouldn’t hurt her and, now that she
could think, she knew that he hadn’t been growling at her so much as at
something she said, speaking of which. Rin whirled around to face him and ask
him what had gotten his tail in a twist and bumped into him.He stared into her
eyes as he slowly drew his hands up her arms to her shoulders. With one hand he
stroked her face while the other drifted down her back. Sesshomaru purred as he
leaned down to nuzzle her neck again taking two or three deep breaths before
gently nipping her neck again. She felt something soft caress her waist before
he nipped with a small bit of force at her shoulder causing her to make a
strangled sound that only made him purr louder. Then he gently pushed her a
little away so he could turn her back to his front before pulling her close
again and slowly turning around.
“The kitchen is that way Rrrin. And I warn you if you choose to go any further
in the other direction there will be…. consequences.” He purred the word in her
ear giving it a nip for good measure. Before pushing her forward and letting
her walk ahead of him again. Rin wondered why his nips didn’t dredge up painful
memories? Why she hadn’t freaked when he touched her? Why she felt so
comfortable around him? Rin, once again,  decided to ask him about this mate
thing he had insisted they were later. For now he was being weird and she had
the strangest feeling that stopping would not be in her best interest. Still…
“Sesshoumaru what  is  down there? Why would there be consequences?”
 
Oh it was so tempting. Sesshomaru had been following behind Rin and watching
her search, his eyes had been drawn to the sway of her hips the speedy sound of
her steps as she went from room to room. Eventually, it had felt like he was
stalking her herding her towards somewhere where he could trap her and have her
delectable body all to himself. Truth be told Sesshomaru was excited. So
excited in fact that he let Rin explore as far as she wanted in the mansion his
father had gotten him as a kind of ‘sorry for neglecting you’ present on one of
his birthdays, he couldn’t remember which. Sesshoumaru stalked behind Rin
closer and closer. He was waiting for her to find and enter his room or to turn
around and though a large part of him had hoped for the former, he was almost
grateful when she turn around. He needed to touch her, scent her, to taste her
or he would go mad and then the demon would get out and Rin would hate him. He
dropped his head to her shoulder tilting her chin with one hand and stroking
her back with the other. He felt for her pulse with his nose and nuzzled it as
it sped up. He slipped his hidden momoko around her waist to pull her closer as
he inhaled her scent. He longed to mix it with his own to absolutely cover her
with his scent till they were so mixed that you couldn’t separate them. First
though, he needed to taste her. He nipped her warm soft skin in order to
distract her from his tongue flicking out to taste her neck right over her
pulse point. She began to squirm. Sesshoumaru nipped her once in warning then
again because her liked her reaction. Then he couldn't help it, he bit her and
she made the absolutely most delightful sound and tested his resolve when they
were so close to his bedroom. And his bed was definitely big enough for two.
 He had to stop before he took it too far. Rin was too sweet to defile… before
the first date. So reluctantly her turned her towards the kitchen, purring
instructions in her ear which was too cute for him not to take a small nip
before letting her go. Now she was asking for details and he sooo wanted to let
out just a bit more of his naughty side and tell her exactly what would happen
if she turned around. Well, Sesshomaru wasn’t in the habit of denying himself.
 
“I did it! I might need more practice and a little rest but I did it I can do
it I really can!” and somehow as she looked into his eyes smiling in relief
down at her in his arms she knew that he really did understand as she hugged
him in joy. Sesshomaru smiled and nuzzled her neck taking in his mate’s scent
in order to relax.
“Hn”
***** The Questions You Don't Ask *****
Chapter Summary
     Previously on Yugioh…
     “The kitchen is that way Rrrin. And I warn you if you choose to go
     any further in the other direction there will be
     consequences.”Sesshoumaru nipped her once in warning then again
     because her liked her reaction. Then he couldn't help it, he bit her
     and she made the absolutely most delightful sound that tested his
     resolve when they were so close to his bedroom. And his bed was
     definitely big enough for two. He had to stop before he took it too
     far.
     “Sesshoumaru what is down there? Why would there be consequences?”
     Sesshomaru wanted to let out just a bit more of his naughty side and
     tell her exactly what would happen if she turned around. Well,
     Sesshomaru wasn’t in the habit of denying himself.
 
Sesshomaru purred as he bent to nuzzle Rin’s ear causing her to stiffen. He
lowered his voice and adopted a seductive tone.
“Would you like me to show you Rrrrin?” He paused to give her ear a slight lick
and nibble causing her to shiver “Would you like to turn around and see what
this Sesshomaru can do for you.” Another purr lower this time meant to entice
as his momoko slid slowly up the side of leg to wrap around her waist. He used
the fingers of one hand to caress her neck and with the other he untied the
charm that kept his momoko from view and had the pleasure of hearing her gasp.
Sesshomaru’s smirk became the gritting of teeth as Rin gently and reverently
traced her hands over the white fur. Her voice was awed and she said, more to
herself than to him,
“You really are a powerful demon aren’t you. So much so that you’re human form
can’t contain it.”
That nearly broke control. She was recognizing him as powerful yet, treating
him as if he was fragile. Rin was sweet enough to make his teeth ache and the
more she touched him the more she damaged his control.Her very scent tempted
his sanity called for him to mate yet she wanted it to be her choice.  Fine!
 With that his lust addled brain came up with a brilliant idea he would give
her her choice.
“Let’s play a game, My Rin.”
Distracted from playing with his momoko Rin looked up at him intrigued. “You
will have five minutes to find the kitchen on your own and get your water. You
do this on your own and you  get a reward. If five minutes pass and you do not
find the kitchen,” Sesshomaru paused needing her to understand this making sure
she looked into his eyes saw how close he was to losing his legendary control.
“I will be looking for you as you continue to look for the kitchen or the front
door whichever. If I catch you know that I won’t hurt you but you will discover
exactly what is down this hall and you  likely won’t make it to school
tomorrow.”
“What? Why?”
“Use your imagination Rrrrin”
Sesshomaru pulled back to watch as the implications of what he was offering
sank in and he was pleased with the result as Rin turned a shade of red that
made him want to eat her up.
“Your choice?”
He nibbled on her delicious neck to distract himself and her.
“Are you afraid of a challenge Rin?”
“Fine but if I win you have to answer all of my questions without….. all of
this...”
“Agreed.” Rin looked surprised that Sesshomaru hadn’t teased her more.
Sesshomaru himself was simply extremely eager to get his game underway and
unwilling to give her too much time to change her mind. “Okaaay. so when does
this game of yours start.”
“Whenever you choose Rin.”
Rin smiled, finally a way to get him to let her go. As hot as he was, this
position was making her uncomfortable. She had just met him recently and he was
a teacher at her school. Rin made it a point not to let people get close in
general and Sesshomaru tended to touch her a lot and was always in her personal
space. It was disconcerting how comfortable she was with him being so close
after all that she had been through it felt rather uncomfortable that she let
down her guard so easily. With these thoughts in mind Rin began to try to
wriggle out of Sesshomaru’s grasp as she replied.
“How about we start as soon as you let me go?” Apparently this answer was the
correct one because Sesshomaru began to purr even louder than before.
“Such a clever mate,” He drawled, “I believe you deserve a reward Rrrrin.” It
seemed to Rin that Sesshomaru must like saying her name as much as she liked
hearing it. That thought was lost however as she had to move quickly to slide
out of his arms before he could tug her closer and give her, well, whatever
“reward” he had in mind. Rin was surprised to be able to get away but wasted no
time as she dodged a clawed and reaching hand and and called over her shoulder,
“You can reward me if you catch me fluff!” And she raced down the hall missing
Sesshomaru’s chuckled reply.
“Ah, but Rin then it would be my reward.”
And Sesshomaru felt his inner beast purr in pleasure at the thought.
Rin raced along the halls of the mansion, probably not the smartest thing to do
as she was a little clumsy but she really needed to win this challenge. Rin was
fast, she knew that she was, and speed was certainly the name of this game. Rin
had no doubt that she would win, Sesshomaru had told her where the kitchen was
beforehand. She giggled to herself as she thought of the face he would make
when he found her casually in his kitchen sipping water from… craaaaaaap. Rin
realized that finding the kitchen was only half of the deal. She also had to
get her own water and if she knew that insufferable fluff brain the way she
thought she did then finding the kitchen would be the easy part. Rin walked and
walked down the hall looking into each room she passed,  This is taking
forever, he's gonna catch me at this rate! Where is that stupid kitchen?  Rin
paused to take a breath. Why was his kitchen so hard to find anyway? Rin turned
around and calmed down looking into each room slowly. Maybe the kitchen was in
a room within a room or something weird like that. She could take her time she
had five whole minutes after all. Rin thought for a moment before realizing
five minutes was no time at all and moving just a little faster.
 
Rin was out of time. Sesshomaru full on grinned. She would never be able to
find his kitchen no matter how many times she passed by it. Still he had given
her a chance but now it was his turn to hunt. For once Sesshomaru and his beast
were completely in sync as Sesshomaru sniffed the air and took off down the
hall with a low growl. " Maaaatte "
Rin found herself standing in the middle of a kitchen looking room. The only
problem was that there were no appliances no kitcheny things Rin just had the
nagging feeling that the room was supposed to be a kitchen. Rin narrowed her
eyes, "It would be just like his royal fluffiness not to have a kitchen just so
that he could win and drag me to his fluff cave to do terrible things to me
that I will never recover from-" Rin continued to rant as she searched the wall
for a light switch hoping that better light would help her figure out the trick
to what she was absolutely positive was a found a switch on the wall flipped
it, and that was when she heard the growl. Everything was moving shifting and
finally revealing the appliances that proved what she had correctly assumed,
this was the kitchen. Even as she saw the sink appear Rin already knew it was
too late as she felt arms slip around her body and a mouth on her neck. Rin was
caught.
 
Sesshomaru was impressed. Most people didn't figure out how his kitchen worked
until he showed them but his Rin, his mate had not only found the kitchen but
had also figured out how it worked. That alone might have caused him to let her
go, if it hadn't made him want her even more. So rather than let his delectable
sweet escape he pounced. Neatly and safely trapping Rin against the wall his
eyes were tinged red as he bent to whisper in her ear.
"You lose Rin." Rin scowled at him despite her position.
" You  cheated Sesshomaru" She said in an accusing look on her face as he once
again picked her up and began to take her back to where they started this game.
"This Sesshomaru does not cheat, but neither does this Sesshomaru make bets
that he can't win." He pulled her up slightly so he could nuzzle her neck as he
walked and listened to his delicious mate rant. He decided he would let her
talk while she could still think. Sesshomaru began to listen with half of his
attention as he thought of all of the other things Rin could do with her mouth.
Eventually, this consumed all of his attention.
"I mean you literally had a hidden kitchen Sesshomaru. How is anyone supposed
to know that you have a hidden kitchen. I was tricked, cheated! I demand a
rematch and… Sesshomaru? Sesshomaru are you even listening to me?!"
 Rin noticed that Sesshomaru had stopped answering with even the annoying 'Hn'
hat he sometimes did when he was half listening. Rin suddenly found herself
actually irritated. She examined this feeling more closely. She didn't like not
being the center of his attention. He called them mates and yet had the nerve
to ignore her as he dragged her somewhere like a caveman. This was the first
time Rin had felt comfortable enough with someone other than her friends, to be
annoyed with them for such petty reason. Rin looked at Sesshomaru again and
sighed. It was too soon to do what he was planning anyway. Anything that they
did tonight would have consequences that Rin wasn't ready to deal with until
Koga no longer had claim on her. This would mean doing something she hadn't
done in a long time. If she could keep it in her mind that this was Sesshomaru
Rin thought that she might be able to pull it off if she was fast. So as
Sesshomaru reached for a door to what was undoubtedly his bedroom Rin took a
deep breath stretched her neck and bit him, hard. While Sesshomaru was still
shocked from that Rin wriggled out of his hold and took off down the hall. As
she turned a corner, Rin heard a howl behind her and couldn't help but grin.
Let the hunt begin.
***** The Hunt *****
Chapter Summary
     The Chase
Chapter Notes
See the end of the chapter for notes
Sesshoumaru stared in shock after his little mate, who at this moment was
running down the hall away from him. He then slowly touched his neck where she
had bitten him. She had bitten him.... and then ran. His grin was feral and
positively predatory the kind that, back in time, would have left his vassals
cowering in fear.  Let the hunt begin. The little human didn’t know what she
had started, but Sesshoumaru would be happy to show her. With that thought he
threw back his head and gave a short piercing howl. The hunt was on.
Rin ran quickly through the house with her hair flying behind her. She heard
the howl and knew it meant that Sesshomaru was coming after her; she pushed
herself even faster than before. As she ran she felt something that she hadn’t
felt, hadn’t been allowed to feel in years. She felt joy. The joy of the chase,
of dodging obstacles and outsmarting the hunter behind her. She felt the joy of
her feet pounding the ground and her hair flying behind her. She felt the joy
in knowing that this was a game for both her and Sesshomaru and secure in the
knowledge that with all his power and cunning, he would never hurt her. With
this joy she felt herself change, her eyes were glowing, her teeth sharpened,
her nails hardened, two long fluffy black ears popped from the top of her head
 and two long elegant fluffy tails from her lower back. She reached up and
pulled the band from her hair and a thick black ruff circled her neck like a
muffler scarf. Usually this would bother her but for now she was willing to
completely let go for the fun she was having.
The door was so close she gave a yip of triumph as she charged her way towards
it. Then she felt it, not heard but felt, Sesshomaru’s growl behind her and
made a sudden decision. Rin skidded to a stop only to make a sharp right
towards some stairs she’d noticed before. Rin smirked and gave a taunting swish
of her tails as she watched Sesshomaru sail over her head and land precisely
where she would have been if she had continued her straight run. He too had
partially transformed and now looked more dog than human. Rin snickered as she
looked down from the stairs to find him tilting his head in confusion. His gaze
then snapped to her’s with a smirk of his own. Rin stuck her tongue out and
kept running. She was halfway down whatever hall she was in when she looked
back to locate Sesshomaru. She saw nothing behind her and giggled gleefully
only to run into something in front of her. Rin nearly fell only to be caught
by two strong arms and pulled up to stare into glowing red eyes.
Sesshomaru smirked as his future mate gaped like a goldfish in his arms.
“But, but! But I- but you-”
“Come Rrrrin, you must know that a demon such as I has more than one way to
catch my runaway mate. Even one so intelligent and deliciously clever as
yourself.”
 As he spoke his hands began to wander, one grazing the skin of her arm up
towards the nape of her neck and one sinking down her back. Rin seemed dazed,
not reacting until he gently grasped her tail raising it for inspection as he
gently stroked the fur.
“You’ve been keeping secrets haven’t you Rrrrin?”
Rin shuddered and gasped as her stroked it unable to answer his purred question
as he whispered in her ear holding her head still with his other hand.
“I wonder what other secrets I can, persuade you to tell me.”
Rin whimpered quietly as Sesshomaru continue to explore his prize with one
gentle yet insistent hand. He stroked over both black tails and finding the
beginning of a third which nearly caused Rin to moan in his ear. He rumbled
with pleasure a some findings, Rin was sensitive everywhere especially her back
where he found the beginning of wings, and huffed in amusement at others, The
soft black rabbit-like ears on her head were twitchy and drooped the more
unfocused she was, and she reflexively bit him when he touched bare skin or
feathers. He teased, fondled and stroked his mate to his heart’s content
teasing her ears with whispered praises and nipping her neck whenever she
nipped him. This served two purposes. One, to get to know his new mate’s body
and two, to calm himself so that he didn’t just rip her clothes off and rutt
her until she couldn’t stand for the rest of the week. As tempting as that was,
and oh it was tempting, even moreso now that he knew she wasn’t a fragile
human, Sesshomaru could smell that his innocent mate wasn’t ready. Even his
demon knew that they couldn’t break her trust that way or they’d lose her
forever and anything was preferable to that. Finally, Rin’s legs gave out and
Sesshomaru caught her.
“Is something wrong, Mate?” He purred teasingly.
Rin had to refocus her gaze to  glare at Sesshomaru. She was out of breath and
could just barely think straight. Her body was jelly and her words took longer
than she wanted to come out. Yet there he was calm as you please with a large
smirk on his usually stoic face. His eyes were a relaxed golden color,  and his
hands were still wandering!
Rin wanted him to be as much of a mess as she was. She wanted him gasping and
desperate. She didn’t know what she was desperate for, and her mush brain
couldn’t think of why she couldn’t get it. So with a look of determination she
took her hands and reached for his shoulders. Sesshomaru was curious and held
still as she grasped him and used her gripped to pull herself up to his ear and
gave it a sensual lick from top to bottom using her tongue to bring the lob
into her mouth so she could bite it and then suck on it while soothing the bite
with her tongue. She moved to his other ear while Sesshomaru was still frozen
in shock and as she gave it the same treatment she dragged her claws down his
back smiling around the lobe she had caught between her teeth as she heard it
rip and felt certain she had left red marks on his back.
Sesshomaru was frozen in disbelief as his young mate once again surprised him.
He felt lust shoot through his body making him hot, hard, and heavy. His mind
almost froze as he tried to get his arousal under control. Telling himself that
she didn’t know what she was doing, that she was too young too fragile to do
what he wanted to do with her. Too inexperienced and pure to rip off her
clothes and slam her against the wall as he took her like he was in heat. Too
pure to- he heard his shirt rip felt her claws on his back and her mouth on his
ear. It was too much at once too good to pass up too many delicious sensations
to think straight. Sesshomaru heard his demon howl and his control snapped.
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